PARTNERSHIP WORKING
Kids VIP works nationally with government agencies, the Prison Service Headquarters (www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk), the Ministry of Justice National Offender Manager Service (www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk), and is represented in Europe through the European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents (www.eurochips.org). Kids VIP also sits on the following bodies:
- • Children and Families of Offenders Pathway Groups (www.noms.justice.gov.uk)
• Families Do Matter (www.familiesdomatter.co.uk)
• Families Outside (www.familiesoutside.org.uk)
• Partners in Reducing Re-Offending (www.pirr.org.uk)
• Perrie Lectures Committee (www.perrielectures.org.uk)
• Social Institute of Care and Excellence (www.scie.org.uk)
• Thames Valley Partnership (www.thamesvalleypartnership.org)
• Trust for the Study of Adolescence (www.studyofadolescence.org.uk)
Kids VIP also works with a variety of partners, including Action for Prisoner Families (www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk), NEPACS (www.nepacs.co.uk), Prison Advice and Care Trust (www.prisonadvice.org.uk), Prisoners’ Families and Friends Service (www.prisonersfamiliesandfriends.org.uk), Partners of Prisoners (www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk) and various support groups e.g. Cheshire Support Group (www.contactcsg.org).
Kids VIP's representation on policy and partnership forums and at conferences is targeted at those audiences where maximum impact can be achieved in terms of raising the profile and influencing change to the benefit of prisoners' children, as well as ensuring that Kids VIP maintains its reputation as the specialist organisation serving the interests of prisoners’ children.